mowotlarx t1_j6z6k8l wrote on February 2, 2023 at 10:40 PM

Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in Under Adams, a Rikers Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed by atsterism

You don't need to take hormones or have surgery to be trans. That's not how this works. Medical transition is incredibly expensive and not accessible to everyone. It shouldn't be a litmus test for whether someone is trans or not.

NetQuarterLatte t1_j6z8t33 wrote on February 2, 2023 at 10:55 PM

I'm not saying that there is a litmus test.

I'm literarily asking if there's one.

We have a small number of people exploiting the system and threatening to ruin it for everyone else. Pretending that subset of people doesn't exist only makes the problem worse.

mowotlarx t1_j71jh1l wrote on February 3, 2023 at 12:18 PM

"Fake" trans women isn't the reason the city is abandoning the program. Just like conservatives pretending trans women are faking to go into women's bathrooms and abuse cis women, this is a fake scenario.

nycdataviz t1_j74gqbg wrote on February 4, 2023 at 12:17 AM

>this is a fake scenario

A transgender Rikers inmate raped a female prisoner while in the women’s section of the jail and has been sentenced to seven years, officials said Monday.

Ramel Blount, 33, who goes by Diamond Blount, pleaded guilty to attempted rape April 7 in an apparent plea deal.

Blount held the victim down by the back of her neck and raped her, investigators said.